Mailforms was the first form component with a focus on usability.
In Proforms, we have improved it again.
Thus it is possible to create well-designed forms in the shortest possible time.
If you operate a business and offering Joomla services, your customers will be happy over such a simple component.

The Proforms system is based on form templates. Form elements are stored in templates. So if you create the proper form, you can make it up from one or more templates. For the one, the reusability is important, for other (e.g. Designer) opens up new avenues of creative design. In addition, you can create categories where you can order your forms. You can assign various email addresses to forms and categories to which replies are directed. This makes it possible to establish aesthetic and complex form systems.

New to Proforms is the layout system. Each form template has a layout. Layouts arrange positions of form element groups. These Groups can be wrapped by an html decoration (fieldset and legend) and be limited in their bounds. Also new in Proforms is extra html between form fields. These two new features and the opportunity to use and sort multiple templates in forms, allows you to create any form composition which is in your mind. Furthermore we have fully documented the front end stylesheet and built in the opportunity of direct editing and saving it in the admin area. The sum of the new features makes Proforms to the ideal form tool for creatives. You won’t believe this is work you will think it’s a game.

It is possible to validate input fields. This is done server side and / or via JavaScript. Possible validation types include: alphabetical, alphanumeric, numeric, integer, email and URL.
You can also protect your forms with a security code from spam bots. There are 5 so-called Captcha techniques available. New is the use of reCaptcha. This security code is not generated on your server, but obtained from an external source. This makes it possible to provide a security code on servers that have not installed any PHP graphics libraries.
But basically you don’t need a captcha anymore. Proforms uses built-in spam traps. In addition, you can determine a minimum transmission time which declares all submissions as spam if they were transmitted faster than this time. Customers perceive security codes often as very annoying. With our security measures, you can safely turn off the captcha.

In contrast to Mailforms, Proforms supports the storage of form data in the database. You need just to push a button and Proforms stores the data only in the database, in the database and sends an email or just sends an email. Other settings are not necessary.
The database functionality also includes a XLS and CSV export. Thereby you can view the data e.g. in Microsoft Excel. With version v1.0.5 we also provide a rich storage manager. You can easily customize the records listing, edit records, print them out and a lot more...
Also new is the built-in PayPal support. After your client has sent the form, (s) he will be forwarded to PayPal with the information you provide. Please consider that the PayPal support is a simple forwarding without extensive calculation functions!